Bitter Christmas
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| Director: | Pedro Almodóvar |
| Producer: | Agustín Almodóvar |
| Studio: | Mongrel Media |
| Cast: | Bárbara Lennie, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Victoria Luengo |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Length: | 111 minutes |
Bitter Christmas Synopsis
After her mother dies, director of commercials Elsa (Bárbara Lennie) immerses herself in work to cope. When migraine forces her to take a break, she decides to travel to Lanzarote in the 2004 Constitution Day's long weekend with her friend Patricia (Victoria Luengo) while her boyfriend stays in Madrid.
To resume creative writing, she uses the personal miseries of her close friends. In a timeline set in 2025, the plot explores how filmmaker Raúl (Leonardo Sbaraglia) is writing a script which turns out to be the story of Elsa, Raúl's alter ego. Raúl is delving into autofiction to overcome a creativity block, and is influenced by his own life, his boyfriend Santi and his assistant Mónica.